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Serena Williams' blunt response to a tennis legend
The American tennis player Serena Williams harshly replied to Billie Jean King, a legend of women's tennis, who recommended that she worry more about tennis than about extra-sports issues.
Without undermining her sporting qualities, Serena Williams is recognized worldwide for her active participation in social issues such as the fight for equality. In relation to this issue, after being defeated in the Wimbledon final against the Romanian Simona Halep, she came to the fore before the statements of a tennis legend who gave her opinion on her position in the fight for equality.
In a press conference, Serena Williams responded to Billie Jean King, considered one of the greatest players in the history of women's tennis, winner of twelve Grand Slam titles between 1966 and 1975, who dared to recommend the following: "stop behaving like a celebrity" and concentrate more on his tennis.
Before those words, Serena Williams replied: "the day I stop fighting for equality and for people like you and me, will be the day I'm in my grave", she also admitted that logically time passes, and it is no longer the same.
Billie Jean King, who is now 75 years old, later responded to Serena via her Twitter account : "I would never ask anyone to stop fighting for equality. In everything she does. Serena shines a light on what We must all fight to achieve equality for all".
The loss at Wimbledon prevented her from equaling the record held by Australia's Margaret Court. Serena Williams I don't want to detract from Simona Halep, who beat her 6-2, 6-2 in 56 minutes. In this regard, he declared: "I don't know if I have a lot of tension in the finals or what happens to me, but the only thing I can say is that my rival played at a fantastic level today".
